A few questions about contibuting to Debian Games Team (was Re: Desmume 0.9)
Gonéri Le Bouder wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:47:36PM +0100, Loïc Martin wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Since Debian is in freeze atm, I've updated the Desmume (Nintendo DS
>> emulator) for Jaunty, from 0.8 to 0.9.
>>
>> Since I don't know if it's ok to post the diff.gz on the list, here's
>> the link:
>> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21649738/desmume_0.9-0ubuntu1.diff.gz
> Hi,
>
> It's still possible to upload to experimental.
I was misled by the answers to
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-games/2009/01/msg00012.html, since
I'm not used to Debian I didn't realise freeze for unstable would mean
nothing for experimental (it's different in Ubuntu, when it's freeze you
can call it a day ;) ).
I also noticed today that Evgeni Golov had packaged it for experimental
the day before I packaged it for Jaunty, and his package already
contains the modifications I made + a lot more.
Which brings a few questions, thus why I'm moving it to debian-devel-games :
1. Is there an ETA for uploading it in the experimental repository,
since Ubuntu can then sync it for Jaunty;
2. It was pure serendipity for me to notice it on
http://pkg-games.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/PET/pet.cgi - is there a
bigger place in Debian to check for all those kind of proposed packages
waiting for inclusion (since other programs I'm interested in are not
maintained by the Debian Games Team, e-uae in particular)?
3. Related to 2. (maybe it's the same place) where is the central way to
check proposed updates for a package, since maintainers don't always get
emails?
4. Is there any difference between
http://pkg-games.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/PET/pet.cgi
and http://pkg-games.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/PET/qareport.cgi ?
5. Is http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/requested the central way to
check ITP?
6. Is there a place to upload a package corresponding to an ITP (for
example something similar to REVU)?
Sorry for the many questions,
Loïc
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